Metro extended rail and busway service early Monday morning to accommodate fans heading home from U2’s sold out show at the Rose Bowl on Sunday night. I didn’t take the train. I live in Pasadena and jumped on a shuttle bus from Pasadena City College. The bus to the show [continue reading]
It’s finally official: The Edward R. Roybal Eastside Gold Line Extension will open to the public on Sunday, Nov. 15, Metro officials announced Monday. This hasn’t exactly been a secret. Trains have been testing on the six-mile line for the past several weeks and in transit circles most people already [continue reading]
Metrolink — which is funded in part by Metro — announced today that 49 more “automatic train stop” devices were being activated along its commuter rail network in Southern California. From the news release: The ATS system includes magnetic inductors placed next to the track at locations where the train [continue reading]
A small item in Metro CEO Art Leahy’s morning update caught my eye: Lapsing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds Allocated to Cities Yesterday, we notified 13 cities that all or part of their American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds will be recommended for lapsing during the Board of Directors November/December meeting cycle. To appeal our recommendation, representatives [continue reading]
A long-range plan that includes about $300 billion in road and transit projects and other Metro programs was unanimously approved Thursday afternoon by the agency’s Board of Directors. The plan is supposed to guide Metro for the next three decades. Many of the projects included in the plan were part [continue reading]
Metro Board Member and County Supervisor Gloria Molina spared few words in explaining to her colleagues on the Board why she is skeptical about money in the long-range plan being spread around the region in an equitable way. Her reason: The Eastside Gold Line that is scheduled to open soon. [continue reading]
The Metro Board just approved the long-range plan unanimously, also incorporating an amendment from Board Member and County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas. One key provision of that amendment is that Metro commits to operating the Foothill Gold Line Extension to Azusa prior to 2017 — if a way can be found [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors’ debate on the agency’s long-range plan is underway. Board member and County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas kicked things off by offering an amendment that would: 1. Require Metro to study several possible funding sources that could be used to build the Crenshaw Corridor and Foothill Gold [continue reading]
I hope the Metro Board of Directors are well-hydrated and have recently eaten. Their discussion of the long-range plan has begun — and it’s fair to say this will be a long-range conversation. Metro CEO Art Leahy just told the Board that he recommends that they adopt the plan. There [continue reading]
UPDATE, 3:45: The Board voted unanimously to accept Metro CEO Art Leahy’s recommendations on some changes to the contract. The focus of today’s Board meeting is the long-range plan. But the Board will also — once again, with feeling — revisit the issue of a contract with the rail car [continue reading]
